Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
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L. Frank Baum
Lyman Frank Baum was born in 1856 in Chittenango in the state of New York. Educated mostly at home due to ill health, he was encouraged by his wealthy father to pursue his early interests in journalism and playwriting. He started his first magazine aged fifteen, had his own theatre at twenty-four and worked for many newspapers and periodicals before turning to children's fiction with stories he had made up for his own four sons. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, published in 1900, was his third bestselling book in as many years, and launched the series of Oz titles. Baum had moved with his family to Hollywood following the huge success of the books and stage adaptations. His own Oz Film Manufacturing Company failed to capitalize on the stories, and the hugely popular movie The Wizard of Oz starring Judy Garland, was not made until twenty years after Baum's death in 1939.
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Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz - L. Frank Baum
L. Frank Baum
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
Published by Good Press, 2022
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EAN 4066338097491
Table of Contents
To My Readers
1. The Earthquake
2. The Glass City
3. The Arrival Of The Wizard
4. The Vegetable Kingdom
5. Dorothy Picks the Princess
6. The Mangaboos Prove Dangerous
7. Into the Black Pit and Out Again
8. The Valley of Voices
9. They Fight the Invisible Bears
10. The Braided Man of Pyramid Mountain
11. They Meet the Wooden Gargoyles
12. A Wonderful Escape
13. The Den of the Dragonettes
14. Ozma Uses the Magic Belt
15. Old Friends are Reunited
16. Jim, The Cab-Horse
17. The Nine Tiny Piglets
18. The Trial of Eureka the Kitten
19. The Wizard Performs Another Trick
20. Zeb Returns to the Ranch
THE END
"
To My Readers
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It's no use; no use at all. The children won't let me stop telling tales of the Land of Oz. I know lots of other stories, and I hope to tell them, some time or another; but just now my loving tyrants won't allow me. They cry: Oz—Oz! more about Oz, Mr. Baum!
and what can I do but obey their commands?
This is Our Book—mine and the children's. For they have flooded me with thousands of suggestions in regard to it, and I have honestly tried to adopt as many of these suggestions as could be fitted into one story.
After the wonderful success of Ozma of Oz
it is evident that Dorothy has become a firm fixture in these Oz stories. The little ones all love Dorothy, and as one of my small friends aptly states: It isn't a real Oz story without her.
So here she is again, as sweet and gentle and innocent as ever, I hope, and the heroine of another strange adventure.
There were many requests from my little correspondents for more about the Wizard.
It seems the jolly old fellow made hosts of friends in the first Oz book, in spite of the fact that he frankly acknowledged himself a humbug.
The children had heard how he mounted into the sky in a balloon and they were all waiting for him to come down again. So what could I do but tell what happened to the Wizard afterward
? You will find him in these pages, just the same humbug Wizard as before.
There was one thing the children demanded which I found it impossible to do in this present book: they bade me introduce Toto, Dorothy's little black dog, who has many friends among my readers. But you will see, when you begin to read the story, that Toto was in Kansas while Dorothy was in California, and so she had to start on her adventure without him. In this book Dorothy had to take her kitten with her instead of her dog; but in the next Oz book, if I am permitted to write one, I intend to tell a good deal about Toto's further history.
Princess Ozma, whom I love as much as my readers do, is again introduced in this story, and so are several of our old friends of Oz. You will also become acquainted with Jim the Cab-Horse, the Nine Tiny Piglets, and Eureka, the Kitten. I am sorry the kitten was not as well behaved as she ought to have been; but perhaps she wasn't brought up properly. Dorothy found her, you see, and who her parents were nobody knows.
I believe, my dears, that I am the proudest story-teller that ever lived. Many a time tears of pride and joy have stood in my eyes while I read the tender, loving, appealing letters that came to me in almost every mail from my little readers. To have pleased you, to have interested you, to have won your friendship, and perhaps your love, through my stories, is to my mind as great an achievement as to become President of the United States. Indeed, I would much rather be your story-teller, under these conditions, than to be the President. So you have helped me to fulfill my life's ambition, and I am more grateful to you, my dears, than I can express in words.
I try to answer every letter of my young correspondents; yet sometimes there are so many letters that a little time must pass before you get your answer. But be patient, friends, for the answer will surely come, and by writing to me you more than repay me for the pleasant task of preparing these books. Besides, I am proud to acknowledge that the books are partly yours, for your suggestions often guide me in telling the stories, and I am sure they would not be half so good without your clever and thoughtful assistance.
L. FRANK BAUM
Coronado, 1908.
1. The Earthquake
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The train from 'Frisco was very late. It should have arrived at Hugson's Siding at midnight, but it was already five o'clock and the gray dawn was breaking in the east when the little train slowly rumbled up to the open shed that served for the station-house. As it came to a stop the conductor called out in a loud voice:
Hugson's Siding!
At once a little girl rose from her seat and walked to the door of the car, carrying a wicker suit-case in one hand and a round bird-cage covered up with newspapers in the other, while a parasol was tucked under her arm. The conductor helped her off the car and then the engineer started his train again, so that it puffed and groaned and moved slowly away up the track. The reason he was so late was because all through the night there were times when the solid earth shook and trembled under him, and the engineer was afraid that at any moment the rails might spread apart and an accident happen to his passengers. So he moved the cars slowly and with caution.
The little girl stood still to watch until the train had disappeared around a curve; then she turned to see where she was.
The shed at Hugson's Siding was bare save for an old wooden bench, and did not look very inviting. As she peered through the soft gray light not a house of any sort was visible near the station, nor was any person in sight; but after a while the child discovered a horse and buggy standing near a group of trees a short distance away. She walked toward it and found the horse tied to a tree and standing motionless, with its head hanging down almost to the ground. It was a big horse, tall and bony, with long legs and large knees and feet. She could count his ribs easily where they showed through the skin of his body, and his head was long and seemed altogether too big for him, as if it did not fit. His tail was short and scraggly, and his harness had been broken in many places and fastened together again with cords and bits of wire. The buggy seemed almost new, for it had a shiny top and side curtains. Getting around in front, so that she could look inside, the girl saw a boy curled up on the seat, fast asleep.
She set down the bird-cage and poked the boy with her parasol. Presently he woke up, rose to a sitting position and rubbed his eyes briskly.
Hello!
he said, seeing her, are you Dorothy Gale?
Yes,
she answered, looking gravely at his tousled hair and blinking gray eyes. Have you come to take me to Hugson's Ranch?
Of course,
he answered. Train in?
I couldn't be here if it wasn't,
she said.
He laughed at that, and his laugh was merry and frank. Jumping out of the buggy he put Dorothy's suit-case under the seat and her bird-cage on the floor in front.
Canary-birds?
he asked.
Oh no; it's just Eureka, my kitten. I thought that was the best way to carry her.
The boy nodded.
Eureka's a funny name for a cat,
he remarked.
I named my kitten that because I found it,
she explained. Uncle Henry says 'Eureka' means 'I have found it.'
All right; hop in.
She climbed into the buggy and he followed her. Then the boy picked up the reins, shook them, and said Gid-dap!
The horse did not stir. Dorothy thought he just wiggled one of his drooping ears, but that was all.
Gid-dap!
called the boy, again.
The horse stood still.
Perhaps,
said Dorothy, if you untied him, he would go.
The boy laughed cheerfully and jumped out.
Guess I'm half asleep yet,
he said, untying the horse. But Jim knows his business all right—don't you, Jim?
patting the long nose of the animal.
Then he got into the buggy again and took the reins, and the horse at once backed away from the tree, turned slowly around, and began to trot down the sandy road which was just visible in the dim light.
Thought that train would never come,
observed the boy. I've waited at that station for five hours.
We had a lot of earthquakes,
said Dorothy. Didn't you feel the ground shake?
Yes; but we're used to such things in California,
he replied. They don't scare us much.
The conductor said it was the worst quake he ever knew.
Did he? Then it must have happened while I was asleep,
he said thoughtfully.
How is Uncle Henry?
she enquired, after a pause during which the horse continued to trot with long, regular strides.
He's pretty well. He and Uncle Hugson have been having a fine visit.
Is Mr. Hugson your uncle?
she asked.
Yes. Uncle Bill Hugson married your Uncle Henry's wife's sister; so we must be second cousins,
said the boy, in an amused tone. I work for Uncle Bill on his ranch, and he pays me six dollars a month and my board.
Isn't that a great deal?
she asked, doubtfully.
Why, it's a great deal for Uncle Hugson, but not for me. I'm a splendid worker. I work as well as I sleep,
he added, with a laugh.
What is your name?
said Dorothy, thinking she liked the boy's manner and the cheery tone of his voice.
Not a very pretty one,
he answered, as if a little ashamed. My whole name is Zebediah; but folks just call me 'Zeb.' You've been to Australia, haven't you?
Yes; with Uncle Henry,
she answered. We got to San Francisco a week ago, and Uncle Henry went right on to Hugson's Ranch for a visit while I stayed a few days in the city with some friends we had met.
How long will you be with us?
he asked.
Only a day. Tomorrow Uncle Henry and I must start back for Kansas. We've been away for a long time, you know, and so we're anxious to get home again.
The boy flicked the big, boney horse with his whip and looked thoughtful. Then he started to say something to his little companion, but before he could speak the buggy began to sway dangerously from side to side and the earth seemed to rise up before them. Next minute there was a roar and a sharp crash, and at her side Dorothy saw the ground open in a wide crack and then come together again.
Goodness!
she cried, grasping the iron rail of the seat. What was that?
That was an awful big quake,
replied Zeb, with a white face. It almost got us that time, Dorothy.
The horse had stopped short, and stood firm as a rock. Zeb shook the reins and urged him to go, but Jim was stubborn. Then the boy cracked his whip and touched the animal's flanks with it, and after a low moan of protest Jim stepped slowly along the road.
Neither the boy nor the girl spoke again for some minutes. There was a breath of danger in the very air, and every few moments the earth would shake violently. Jim's ears were standing erect upon his head and every muscle of his big body was tense as he trotted toward home. He was not going very fast, but on his flanks specks of foam began to appear and at times he would tremble like a leaf.
The sky had grown darker again and the wind